Constituency
252. Rajgarh
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-RAJGARH
INC 50.1%won by 8.0%BJP 42.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 8.0%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.2% of the vote between them, up from 83.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.9% to 66.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,57,319
Turnout
66.5%
Valid votes
7,02,820
Margin
56,234
8.00%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1LAXMAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC3,52,28950.1%
- 2KAILASH JOSHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,96,05542.1%
- 3RAMPRASAD DANGIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP22,6983.2%
- 4KAILASH JOSHI GITACHARANIndependent · IND10,8891.5%
- 5RAVINDRA KUMARIndependent · IND6,9321.0%
- 6KAILASH JOSHI MANNULALIndependent · IND6,5590.9%
- 7MOHD. SHOYEBSamajwadi Party · SP3,5410.5%
- 8MAHENDRAPAL SINGHIndependent · IND1,7110.2%
- 9TH.JAGDISH SINGH PARMARAJBP · AJBP1,1160.2%
- 10MANGILALIndependent · IND1,0300.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +3.7%
- INC share
- 43.7% → 50.1%
- BJP share
- 39.4% → 42.1%
- Turnout
- 56.6% → 66.5%